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The King in Yellow

Robert William Chambers

The King in Yellow

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1895
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
533
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Poetic
Moods
Get the chills, Savour the writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

A forbidden play is circulating under the title “The King in Yellow”. The first act seems innocent, but whoever reads the second falls into madness. In this collection of stories, a man believes he is destined to rule America, a sculptor discovers a liquid that turns living things into marble, and a painter is haunted by the watchman of a nearby church.

Here we discover Carcosa and the Yellow Sign, mysteries that fascinated H. P. Lovecraft and many writers after him. The fear comes from what is never quite said.

The stories can be read one by one, at your own pace, in the language you are learning.

The plot

Malarz i dziwny sen. Malarz, pan Scott, widzi stróża kościoła o białej, nalanej twarzy, który budzi w nim wstręt. Zaraz potem jego obraz nabiera żółtawej, niezdrowej barwy.

The world of the book

Artyści między Nowym Jorkiem a Paryżem. Książka zawiera dziesięć opowiadań. Pierwsze cztery łączy wymyślona przez autora sztuka, Król w żółci, a dwa z nich dzieją się w Nowym Jorku. Pozostałe toczą się głównie w…

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